Two women killed as truck overturns in Pune road accident

Two women tragically lost their lives in Pune on Friday evening when a moped they were riding was crushed under the weight of an overturned truck as per ANIThe fatal accident occurred on the road connecting Hinjawadi to Mahalunge police officials confirmed According to ANI the truck driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle causing it to overturn and tragically trapping the two women under its heavy load Both victims succumbed to their injuries on the spotThe incident is deeply unfortunate a police official remarked adding that the truckrsquos heavy cargo further exacerbated the fatal outcome The driver of the truck has been apprehended and is facing charges under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Motor Vehicles Act ANI reportsInitial investigations suggest that negligence on the part of the driver might have contributed to the tragic mishap However authorities are conducting a thorough inquiry to ascertain the exact cause of the accident as per ANIPune accident Man riding twowheeler killed after hit by auto rickshaw driven by female foreign touristThe police said that a 55yearold twowheeler rider was killed on Monday in a hitandrunPune accidentinvolving an auto rickshaw allegedly driven by a female foreign tourist in Pune district of Maharashtra reported news agency PTIThe deceased identified as Balasaheb Dere was on his twowheeler when the speeding autorickshaw struck him and his 37yearold friend Sanjay Jadhav this morning on the NarayangaonOzar Road inJunnar town reported PTIDere succumbed to his injuries while Jadhav sustained serious injuries and is receiving medical attention reported PTIThe incident occurred when thespeeding autorickshawwas overtaking a twowheeler a police official saidThe rickshaw was driven by a female foreign tourist and her companions were travelling in the threewheeler the official said quoting the injured person reported PTIThey fled the scene without offering assistance he saidThe accused persons fled the spot in the same auto rickshaw and travelled to Nashik district to evade arrest he said reported PTIPolice intercepted the suspects inNashik districtafter receiving a tipoff about the vehicle They are now being transported back to Narayangaon Police Station for further questioning reported PTIA case has been registered and the investigation is ongoing in conncetion with the Pune accidentThree killed five injured in truck accident in PuneIn July at least three persons were killed and five others injured after a truck mowed down a group of people in Maharashtras Pune district the police said reported the PTIThe accident occurred near Alephata in Junnar Tehsil on the AhmednagarKalyan Road at around 1130 am an official saidThe victims were returning after performing last rites at a crematorium he said according to the PTIThe driver of the truck which was heading towards Kalyan lost control of the vehicle on a slope at Gulunjwadi village and mowed down a group of people the official from Alephata police station saidThree persons including a woman and a child were killed and five to six others sustained injuries and were rushed to a nearby hospital he saidThe police were in the process of registering a case the official saidWith inputs from Agencies